Meter Options Menu - Omnia .9 Installation & User Manual

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STREAMING PROCESSING & ENCODING MENU

No Metadata (Lossless, Reduced, Uncompressed) – streamed FLAC is always encapsulated into an OGG stream, and

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OGG has no facility for updating the metadata on the fly – instead, the proper procedure is to terminate one OGG stream,

and start another OGG stream with the new metadata, all in the same session. Some existing FLAC-capable decoders do

not handle this satisfactorily – some will introduce an audio dropout, some will drop the connection, and some will just

stop playing. If the decoder you need to use has this problem, you will need to to feed it a stream without metadata (so

that it will be one continuous OGG stream), and then this option is for you. Please note that FLAC is not related to the

Vorbis codec except for them using the same bitstream format.

The Sample Rate menu lets you override the sample rate used for the encoder. The default selection of "Optimum" lets

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the Omnia.9 select the sounding sample yielding the best audio quality for the encoder and bit rate combination you have

selected, based on pre-determined rules.

The Server Type drop down has selections for Shoutcast 1, Shoutcast 2 and Icecast 2, and should be set to match the

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server type you are streaming to.

Internal means that the Omnia.9 is the server, and the client connects directly to the Omnia.9, to the port number that is

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shown when you enable it. This is for internal use only, and only 9 listeners are accepted per encoder. This is very useful to

feed that Barix box in the lobby or as your backup, but access must remain limited; this is not for public use.

The Server IP field should contain the IP address and port number of the server you are broadcasting to. When Internal

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Server is selected, the address will be the IP of the Omnia.9 on your network, with a port assigned by the Omnia 9.

The Mount Point field (for Icecast 2 servers only) should contain the mount point on the server, in the following format:

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"/example1.mp3" following the server name. If you are using a streaming service provider utilizing Icecast 2, they will

have assigned you a mount point.

Conversely, the Stream ID (for Shoutcast 2 servers) is what Shoutcast 2 servers use to keep different streams apart. If

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you are using a streaming service provider utilizing Shoutcast 2, they will have assigned you a Stream ID.

The User Name field contains the user (log-in) name for the server. In some cases this can be left blank.

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The Password field contains the password for the server.

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Enabling the Public control sets the "public listing allowed" flag in the stream, as determined by the server. This control is

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not available if you select "Internal" as server type.

The Burst on connect slider control (available only for Internal servers) helps clients start playing streams more

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quickly on initial connection. Without burst-on-connect, a client set to 10 seconds of buffering would sit there and wait

(buffering...) for 10 seconds before it starts playing. With burst-on-connect set to 10 seconds, the server will send the

last 10 seconds of audio as quickly as it can to each listener that connects. The slider value range is Off to 300 seconds.

This applies only to the Internal Server. For all other server types, Burst on connect is configured on the server itself.

The Title field allows you to enter the stream title displayed to listeners and on public listings, such as shoutcast.com.

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The URL field is a metadata field whose information is sent to the server to be (potentially) displayed in the listings and

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player. The URL is typically the station's official home page

The Genre field is also a metadata field. The type or style of content found on the stream is typically entered here.

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The Description Field is part of some server's protocols, and may or may not be used depending on server type (Icecast

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vs shoutcast). It allows you to enter extended text describing the stream.